The Day in Pictures - 1/27/2011

January 26, 2011 10:00 PM

Photo: Timothy A. Clary, AFP / Getty Images

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Well, hello, Chewbacca: More than 18 inches of snow falls on New York, making it the whitest January on record. Commuters grumbled, pedestrians slipped, but kids (snow day!) and dogs couldn't have been happier.

Well, hello, Chewbacca: More than 18 inches of snow falls on New York, making it the whitest January on record. Commuters grumbled, pedestrians slipped, but kids (snow day!) and dogs couldn't have been happier.

Things go better with coca: In La Paz, Aymara women chew coca leaves in front of the U.S. embassy in support of Bolivia's petition to the United Nations requesting that the substance be decriminalized. A 1961 UN provision labeled the coca leaf, which has been chewed in the Andes for centuries, a narcotic. less

Things go better with coca: In La Paz, Aymara women chew coca leaves in front of the U.S. embassy in support of Bolivia's petition to the United Nations requesting that the substance be decriminalized. A 1961 ... more

Clam, clam, clam, clam. Lovely clam! Wonderful clam! Ollie the orphaned otter is not picky about what she eats as long as there's clam in it. The Aquarium of the Pacific says the 4-month-old baby needs to build up her strength before she can join her bigger and rougher cousins at the marine center. less

Clam, clam, clam, clam. Lovely clam! Wonderful clam! Ollie the orphaned otter is not picky about what she eats as long as there's clam in it. The Aquarium of the Pacific says the 4-month-old baby needs to build ... more

Mystery solved: Augusto Rozados checks out a beat-up grand piano that was left on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay, Miami. On Wednesday, a 16-year-old Miami Shores high school student took credit for the stunt, backing his claim with video proof of the deed. It seems the student, Nicholas Harrington, intended to make a video of the old piano for a college entrance exam essay. less

Mystery solved: Augusto Rozados checks out a beat-up grand piano that was left on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay, Miami. On Wednesday, a 16-year-old Miami Shores high school student took credit for the stunt, ... more